Ice chest



Feb. 23 1926.

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Patented Feb. as, was.

UNITED STATES FRANK W. SCHWIND, OF LOS ANGELES,

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CALIFORNIA,

ASSIGNOR 'IO WEBER SHO'W- CASE & FIXTURE COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

ICE CHEST.

Application filed March 25, 1925.

To (all whom it'may concern:

Be it known tl at I, FRANK. W. SCHWIND, a citizen of the United States, residing at T s ii r 'cles, in the county of Los Angeles l ..te of California, have invented a new and useful Ice Chest, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ice clie more particularly directed to a r-ei'rigerating chest or box wherein means are provided for controlling the air circulation through ice-containing chamber so as to control the temperature within the storage space of chest or box so that the same willproperly preserve articles of food or the like.

the storage of meet, it is particularly necessary to maintain a substantially uniterm temperature in the refrigerant or cold storage chan'iber in which the meats are stored. Particularly is this true of the air circulation which is permitted within such a storage box. If this circulation is too fast the temperature is reduced too much 'when the temperature outside of the bOX is of a certain degree, the changes of this temperature which occur between the seasons of the year and from day to day, make it exceedingly desirable that some means should be provided within such an ice chest for controlling the circulation so that the air circulation is neither too fast nor too slow and so that the meat is neither caused to sweat nor is dried.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an ice chest in which means are provided for controlling the air circulation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a means for adjusting the baflie plates within an ice chest employing battles for air circulation which may be properly adjusted to obtain the correct air circulation 'ithin the storage chamber.

Serial No. 18,165.

Another object of this invention is to provide air circulation balilc plates within an ice chest that may be easily cleaned.

(Ether objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed description oi a pri 'rci'l can bodiinent thcreol, as illustrate-fl in the accompanying drawings:

'in the drawings:

Fig. l is a front elevation of an ice chest embodying this invention, illustrat ng the saxne as partially broken away to illustrate the adjustable baliie plates to which this invention is directed.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective view of r. bafile plate embodied in this invention, illustrating a preferred form of adjustment means as connected thereto In the preterred embodiment of this invention illustrated in the drawings, 1 generally indicates an ice chest of any suitable type or construction as is well understood in the art to which this invention is directed, within which chest a plurality of cross beams 2 are mounted to support a grate 3 upon which ice at is positioned or within which grate 3 cold storage pipes, not shown, are coiled or otherwise positioned. The sides of the grate 3 are provided with solid walls, generally indicated at 5 so as to direct the air circulation up over the top of the grate 3 to reach the ice 4:.

Secured to the cross beams 2 are brackets 6 adapted to support pins 7 which pins 7 form the pivots for the members 8 so as to form a hinge to support adjustable ba'liic plates 9. The batlie plates 9 are constructer'l of outer slabs of material 10 between which an insulating material 11, such as cork, is positioned. Along the lower or inner edge of the plates 9 are troughs 12 which are adapted to receive the water which drips through the grate 3 either from the melting of the ice 4 or from the melting of the frost which forms upon the outer surface of refrigerating pipes. A space is left between the inner ends of the baille plates 9 for the air circulation which is down from the ice 4, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1, around the lower edge of the storage chamber 13 within the chest and upward along the said walls of the chest 1 and around over the top of the grate 3 as hereinbefore described.

It may be desirable to divide the chest 1 by means of a central partition such as illustrated at '14 for the storage of different articles of food,;or difierent kinds of meat. A central deflecting member 15 18 secured to the cross beams 2 to direct the water derived from the melted ice 4 upon the bafile plates 9 and hence into the troughs 12 where all of the water is collected and led out of the chest 1 through a hose or similar connectiomnot shown.

Means are provided for adjustably supporting the inner ends of the battle plates 9, which means preferably comprise a plurality of supporting arms 16 which extend downwardly from the beams 2 and are bent so as to form inwardly extending portions 17 in which inwardly extending portions slots 18 are formed through which slots 18' arms 19 project. The arms 19 are provided with a plurality of bores or holes 20 any one of which is adapted to receive a pin or bolt 21 so that by merely removing the' bolts 21 the position of the battle plates 9 may be adjusted so as to allow more or less ease of air circulation as the conditions may re quire.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided a simple and eflicient means for regulating the air circulation within an means at their inner construction and ease of operation.

Having fully described a preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that it is not intended that the same should be limited to the exact construction herein set forth, but that the invention is of the scope set forth in the appended claim,

I claim: 7 V

A storage chest comprising an ice receiving chamber having slotted sides and a slotted bottom, a plurality of normally inclined insulated air circulating plates hingedly supported at their outer edges and adjacent edges for adjusting the inclination of said means includinga plurality oi iarms. a plurality of perforations formed in the said arms, a plurality, of curved supporting arms having slots formed therein through which the first said arms are adapted to fit, and means adapted to be simultaneously positioned in the said perforations for securing the first or said arms to the said supporting arms in predetermined and adjusted positions.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 17th day of March 1925.

FRANK W .SCHVVIND.

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